The difference between Female and Woman
When used as nouns, female means a human member of the feminine sex or gender, whereas woman means an adult female human.
Female is also adjective with the meaning: belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
Woman is also verb with the meaning: to staff with female labor.
check bellow for the other definitions of Female and Woman
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Female as an adjective:
Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
Examples:
"female authors'', ''the leading male and female artists'', ''a female bird cooing at a male'', ''intersex female patients'', ''a trans female vlogger"
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Female as an adjective:
Characteristic of this sex/gender. , .}}
Examples:
"stereotypically female pastimes'', ''an insect with typically female coloration"
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Female as an adjective:
Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
Examples:
"the female chromosome''; ''estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males"
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Female as an adjective (grammar, less common than 'feminine'):
Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.
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Female as an adjective (figuratively):
Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.
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Female as a noun (sometimes, _, offensive, see usage notes):
One of the female (feminine) sex or gender. A human member of the feminine sex or gender. An animal of the sex that produces eggs. A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.
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Woman as a noun:
An adult female human.
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Woman as a noun (collective):
All females collectively; womankind.
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Woman as a noun:
A wife (or sometimes a fiancée or girlfriend).
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Woman as a noun:
A female who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing.
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Woman as a noun:
A female attendant or servant.
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Woman as a verb:
To staff with female labor.
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Woman as a verb (transitive):
To make effeminate or womanish.
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Woman as a verb (transitive):
To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.
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Woman as a verb (transitive):
To call (a person) "woman" in a disrespectful fashion.